S.E. Hudson
HUDSON, S.E. (17*-18*) Playwright. Chief Clerk in the Customs, Cape Town 1798-1800. Wrote a scenario for a comic opera, lampooning the officials at the Cape at odds with sir George Yonge, entitled He Who'd Be A Governor Also known as The New Opera. (Published 1861?*Gosher, 198*) [See: Hudson, S.E. The Diary of Samuel Esuibuis Hudson. Chief Clerk in the Customs, Cape Town 1798-1800. SA Library]
Also a signee of the original proposal for a Private Theatre in Cape Town and later a member of the managing Commission for the African Theatre in Cape Town. Appointed by Sir George Yonge when granting the land for the proposed theatre.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: p63; Gosher, 198*;
Hudson, S.E. The Diary of Samuel Eusebius Hudson. Chief Clerk in the Customs, Cape Town 1798-1800. SA Library.
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